What is your “go-to” personality? Are you a challenger or a peacemaker? Perfectionist or a helper? An achiever? Are you an enthusiast? How about an investigator or loyalist. The Enneagram Intelligence Centers help identify these tendencies within us. It’s what we revert to when trying to find false comfort. If you aren’t aware of this […]
Faith – not fear
We’re most afraid when there’s a lot at stake. We’re all about resolving our problems and circumstances. God just continues to develop His plan for us. We can’t seem to see any greater purpose in our life. We suffer from guilt. Our fears and anger relate to past experiences – not the future God has […]
Rebuilding
Storms hit us all. Some are weather-related. People rebuild homes because their lives were valuable there. It should be the same with the storms of life in a family – or in any relationship. Be brave and do not fear the future. Emotions are instinctive – but not always trustworthy without reasoning. Think long-term and […]
These are difficult times – especially for children
Adults have at least a little perspective about the chaos in the world right now – children do not. If we have the wrong attitudes about problems they become anxious and troubled. The suicide rate among children has never been higher. We need to help them reach maturity and it takes a great deal of […]
Use your head….
More specifically, use your brain. Emotions are not reliable and they tend to control too much of our lives. We react instead of reasoning through problems. We’re not here in this world to just be bounced around by wrong attitudes brought to us by people we shouldn’t be around. Protect your mind by being very […]
Living a long life?
The average person lives over 27,000 days. How will you spend those days. Will they be spent fretting about the future? Or living in grief over past losses? Some will live a shorter life, some longer. We can’t really be certain of tomorrow. But we can control how we will live it. We need to […]
What’s your secret….
We all keep secrets. Often, keeping a secret a secret is a good thing because it can protect others from emotional harm. Other secrets are like a virus or disease that can make us sick….and keep us there. Sometimes a secret is due to a mistake we made and nobody else saw it. But it […]
We’re being tested….
Throughout our life we have taken tests. Some small, some big. Trials are inevitable. Failure is not. We’re in a global test right now. Evil people want to do us harm. They must be defeated or our way of life will change to theirs. I don’t know about you, but that’s not going to happen […]
We need to own our mistakes
We tend to project that our lives are totally in balance. We hide our anger but not always our own feelings of brokenness. We trumpet our successes and minimize our disappointments. When a confrontation looms we tend to avoid the moment. We withdraw in conflict. Often, we’re quick to argue and slow to make peace. […]
Get in the habit
Habits can be good or bad. Whose advice are we following – someone with wisdom or one heading for an accident? People with good habits are generally trustworthy. Our bad habits can be annoying to the very people we care about. We need to listen to those people and reflect on how we got to […]
